Authorities investigating death of woman found in El Monte

SOUTH EL MONTE - Authorities today investigated the death of a young woman in South El Monte.

Deputies sent to the 2100 block of Sastre Avenue about 8 p.m. Sunday on a medical assistance call found the woman “non responsive,” and paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene, the sheriff’s department reported.

Authorities withheld the name of the woman, who was in her 20s, pending notification of her relatives. An autopsy was pending to determine her cause of death.